PGA Championship 2023 - Oak Hill Country Club Hosts the 105th event

Day 1 Review

Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York hosts the second Major of 2023, the PGA Championship. Justin Thomas won the event back in 2022, with a dramatic play-off victory over Will Zalatoris. Jon Rahm goes into the tournament as favourite. Tiger Woods may not be playing following his recent operation, but all the other world's best players are in action.

The first round was delayed by almost two hours because of frost, but it didn’t stop Bryson DeChambeau getting off to a hot start when play got underway. The LIV Golf player fired a classy 66 to finish the day at -4.

Oak Hill, as expected, was playing tough, and for a long time it looked as though no one would get close to the former US Open champion. But as the shadows lengthened late in the day, DeChambeau was joined at the top by Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott, the latter of whom stumbled on his final hole to fall back to -2.

Then, after a run of birdies on the front nine (his back nine), Eric Cole passed them all to reach -5. And when the siren went for bad light, the American was only too happy to mark his ball and get some rest.  

A number of big names struggled on Thursday, world number one and pre tournament favorite Jon Rahm (76) being one of those. Matt Fitzpatrick and Jason Day posted the same score, while Jordan Spieth could do no better than a 73.

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, battled back after a slow start to card a respectable 71 to finish the day six shots back. However, the Ulsterman, who admitted after his round that he was feeling a little under the weather, will be hoping to drive the ball a lot better on Friday if he’s to challenge this week.

Day 2 Review

Scottie Scheffler was pegged back late in the day of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill, with Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland joining the world number two at the top to make it a three-way tie at the halfway stage.

The American showed his class on Friday, tracking Conners for much of the day, before taking the outright lead with birdies on 14 and 15. However, a rare bogey at the last saw Scheffler drop back alongside the Canadian.

And then Hovland made it three at the top with a birdie on the 18th which saw the Norwegian close with a 67 to get to the -5 mark.

For many of the pre tournament favorites, Friday became a battle of just making the weekend, with Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth and defending champion Justin Thomas all locked in their own personal battles with Oak Hill.

To their credit, all three showed their fighting qualities – Rahm with a 68, and the American duo with crucial putts on the final hole to make the cut on the number.

Elsewhere, Rory McIlroy’s struggles with the driver continued, although the four-time Major winner displayed plenty of fight to get himself right back into contention with a spirited round of 69, and his birdie on the brutal 18th will surely put a spring in his step going into the final two rounds.

The Ulsterman, who went into the season’s second Major Championship slightly under the weather, clearly cut a frustrated figure at times, and he was heard giving himself a stern talking to. He was not the only one, with world number one Rahm losing his cool on more than one occasion, although his anger seemed to be with the course.

One player who was finding the game all rather easy was LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka. The four-time Major winner lit up the back nine, coming home in 31 for a 66 that leaves the American just three shots back and bang in contention for another Major title.

Day 3 Review

Brooks Koepka will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill, after firing a four-under 66 that will give the LIV Golf star a shot at winning a fifth Major title.

There weren’t many players who looked more in control than the American, on a day when anything around par would have been acceptable given the heavy rain that lashed down on the East Course for much of the afternoon.

Corey Conners was coasting for most of the day and without a dropped shot until the 16th, where he thinned a fairway bunker shot into the lip and racked up a double bogey to surrender the lead.

However, at just two shots back, the Canadian still has a good opportunity to land his first Major title, as does Viktor Hovland who also sits on -5 and will surely fancy his chances after a positive Masters showing last month. 

With the relentless rain pouring down, this was not a day when anyone was going to leap out of the chasing pack, which meant that there was no charge from the likes of Jon Rahm.

Instead, it was largely those players who were there or thereabouts who carried on from where they left off on Friday, the one exception being Scottie Scheffler.

The world number two was slow out of the blocks and struggled to find any sort of spark on the front nine, making four bogeys to turn in 39. However, he managed to stop the bleeding and give himself a chance of adding to his 2022 Masters title. He sits just four shots back. 

And Rory McIlroy has done his chances of winning that long-waited fifth Major no harm at all, courtesy of a one-under-par 69. The Ulsterman “free wheeled it” on Saturday and was wayward off the tee once again, but be combined some stellar iron play with plenty of grit to grind out very respectable score.  

The Ulsterman will require a low one, especially given the man who is leading, but it's certainly not beyond his capabilities.

We'll be back on Sunday to bring you live updates from the first shot until the winner lifts that famous Wanamaker Trophy.

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